History Manga / UbelBlatt

* GrandmaWhatMassiveHotnessYouHave: Gurye, Ascheriit's sword master. Even her students note she seems hotter once he comes back and she cheers up.

* HeroicAlbino: Played with in Köinzell, of course, since he's victim of the seven heroes' swords and propaganda, and given his AntiHero status, one might think he's an EvilAlbino.
** Also, fairy blood can be passed even from half fairy to another person, thus making the receiver's hair temporarily white in the process (this happens to [[spoiler:Ato]]).

* HeroicAlbino: Played with in Köinzell, [[CaptainObvious of course]], since he's victim of the seven heroes' swords and propaganda, and given his AntiHero status, one might think he's an EvilAlbino.

* TheAwfulTruth: If finding out that [[spoiler: the four people who you've spent the last twenty years cursing and spitting on the names of are the actual heroes who gave their lives to save you, your family, your nation, and your way of life from complete annihilation, and that the seven men you've spent that same amount of time venerating as the living saviors of the country are ''the men who murdered them and took all the credit'']] doesn't qualify, I don't know what does. Even Koinzell seems wary of people learning the truth, [[TheCassandra not that he'd have a particularly easy time convincing anyone.]]

* FaceOfAThug: Geranpen. [[CrowningMomentOfFunny He still winds up in drag at one time.]]

* PunchClockHero: Altea, who smuggles elves into The Empire with a "little fee," is highly regarded by all elves in the Jullas-Ablas. She uses it to ''great effect'' when [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome moving the Jullas-Ablas citizens against Barestar's army.]]

* TheEmpire: A rare good version. But it's ''far'' from being TheKingdom. Wischtech ''could'' be a standard evil one (this is left unclear).

* DrillSergeantNasty: Balgay, officer of Barestar's army, who thinks it's a good idea raising the morale of his men whom are escaping from a OneManArmy by ''punching them in the face''.

* EnemyCivilWar: [[spoiler:A civil war later in the manga one breaks out between the forces of Lebelont, who has control of the Imperial forces, and the newly resurrected Glenn, who along with much his own forces also controls Ischüdien's forces as well]].

* TheEmpire: A rare good version. But it's ''far'' from being TheKingdom. Wischtech ''could'' be a standard evil one (maybe).
* EnemyCivilWar: [[spoiler:A civil war later in the manga one breaks out between the forces of Lebelont, who has control of the Imperial forces, and the newly resurrected Glenn, who along with much his own forces also controls Ischudien's forces as well.]]
* EnemyMine: With [[spoiler:Lebelont on the verge of starting a new Wischtech war, Elserea's knights, Rozen and the Order of the Seven Lances, Dragon Chief Ischüdien and Köinzell all want to stop Lebelont before things get worse. They really don't join forces though, as Ischüdien winds up showing up with a revived Glenn shifting the entire nation.]]

** Later [[spoiler:Dragon Chief Ischüdien, who is shown working against Lebelont's war-mongering ways after Glenn's death when Lebelont should be ''serving'' the Empire, not conquering it.]]

* FourIsDeath: Subverted with The Four Lances of Betrayal (unless you count the fact they were all killed save Ascheritt).
* FromBadToWorse: [[spoiler:With Glenn dead, the power hungry Lebelont takes action by taking over Glenn's former lands and killing dissidents who gets in his way to become the next Emperor. What's worse? He plans to rekindle the war with Wischtech to achieve more fame than Glenn. Even a veteran of the war Calls him out of it.]]

* ChekhovsGun: Many things that appear to be minor details about how that world works later turn out to have significance. Usually, this comes in the form of ChekhovsGunman, in particular, the [[spoiler:"black hats"]], especially the two who appear at the end of the very first chapter. While the [[spoiler:"black hats"]] are running around in the background throughout the story, the two who showed up in chapter one don't appear again until much later. The older one ([[spoiler:Léger Levita]]) is seen again at the end of chapter 148 and the other ([[spoiler:Vlug Arigy]]) reappears in the next chapter.

** This is [[UpToEleven an even worse piece of information]] for [[spoiler:Ikfes, who realizes that he had been serving men who killed his father, blackened his house, forced him and his mother into exile, and brought conflict to his homeland]].

* DiedStanding: This is what happens to [[spoiler:Kevira's elder brother, Lavaanh,]] thanks to Lebellond using a siege weapon against ordinary combatants. What makes this even more incredible is the fact that the person in question is [[spoiler:usually rational and is covered in scars and [[DisabledBadass missing an arm]]]].

* {{Bishonen}}: More then a few

* ChronicHeroSyndrome: Köinzell, even though he states that [[spoiler:he doesn't care about casualties as long as he can get his hands on Seven Heroes,]] can't just leave anyone innocent suffering.

* DoorstopBaby: Ascheritt's backstory.

* EmbodimentOfVice: Unorthodoxically represented by the "seven heroes".

*** Glenn can bestow this onto others as well using a catalyst known as "Gungnirtropfen", which goes either one of two ways. If the ingestor is strong of will and mind then they become more powerful and beautiful. [[spoiler:Lebelont's daughter, Supaz]] is an example of someone who was a rough LargeAndInCharge female commander is morphed into a AmazonianBeauty capable of killing a OneWingedAngel form [[spoiler:of one of her brothers]] without much effort [[spoiler:after joining Glenn]]. If they aren't capable, however, then they become monsters.
* {{Expy}}: The Szaalenden empire is obviously based on [[TabletopGame/{{Warhammer}} The Empire from Warhammer]] especially how their armies mix men with swords, dragons and flying aircraft and how 8 Elector nobles elect the new Emperor.

* {{Fanservice}}: ''Almost every girl'' involved with Koinzell. Even [[TokenMiniMoe Peepi]], [[RunningGag much to her dismay]].
* FakingTheDead: [[spoiler:Lord Glenn returns even though everybody saw him getting slain by Ascheritt. Ascheritt too, after everyone but his allies thought that he was killed by Lebelont.]]
* FatalFlaw: For the emperor, it's his unreasoning love for his son. [[spoiler: As he's dying, he basically admits that he wanted to believe Glenn so much that he managed to convince himself Ascheritt and the other Lances of Betrayal had sold them out when he ultimately should have known better.]]

* GoodScarsEvilScars: This is ultimately a subversion, since no particular type of scar indicates morality, although they are often interpreted this way, starting with the protagonist (his scar's are often in-universe interpreted as evil) and moving on from there. Aside from Köinzell, the best examples are Lashev, the lords of Jebr (later [[spoiler:Kevira]] gets them too), and [[spoiler:Lebellond]].
* GrandmaWhatMassiveHotnessYouHave: Gurye, Koinzell's master from his previous life. Even her students note she seems hotter once he comes back and she cheers up.

* HeroWithBadPublicity: Koizell; played with somewhat, as while he is an AntiHero not afraid of getting his hands dirty, on the other hand more and more people realize the true nobility of his heroic deeds and how he's mostly in the right about things.
* HeroicAlbino: Played with in Koinzell, [[CaptainObvious of course]], since he's victim of the seven heroes' swords and propaganda, and given his AntiHero status, one might think he's an EvilAlbino.
** Also, fairy blood can be passed even from half fairy to another person, thus making the receiver's hair white in the process. [[spoiler:Ato is one of those receivers]].
* HeroicBSOD: Happened early in the series with Koinzel realizing [[VillainWithGoodPublicity how much control and power the Seven Heroes had in the Empire]], making him unable to touch them, and then Glenn crushed his pride even more when he tells [[BurnTheWitch the angry mob]] to ''forgive his "misplaced anger"''. [[spoiler:It takes the death of a civilian elven couple, [[FateWorseThanDeath in a very horrific way]], to make him snap back.]]
* HumiliationConga: [[spoiler:Balgay]]
* IdiosyncraticEpisodeNaming: The latest volume is #10, yet there are eleven volumes published. Why? Because the first volume has the number zero. Surprisingly, there's no chapter zero.
** Makes sense, given that the first volume simply covers Koinzell's introduction, introduces various characters, and showcases the general theme for the rest of the series. Especially because it doesn't do more then lightly touch on the main story right up until TheReveal
* IronicEcho: Koinzell claims that [[spoiler: Schtemwolech cut apart his right arm during the Seven's betrayal of the Four. Guess which part of Schtemwolech's body Koinzell destroys first...]]

* IntimateHealing: [[spoiler:Koinzell's method of healing Ato is licking all of her wounds.]] Or to be more precise, [[spoiler:covering her wound with his blood, which he gets by cutting his tongue.]]
* JerkAss: Many of the villains. The rest are worse.
* LeftForDead: Koinzell, more than once.

* LukeIAmYourFather: More for the readers than the characters, as most of them know already long before TheReveal; [[spoiler:Glenn is the Emperor's son, and Ikfes is the son of Koinzell's old friend and fellow "Lance of Betrayal" Kfer.]]
* MercyKill: Koinzell does this a lot, much to his dismay.
* NearRapeExperience: Supaz does this to a female Empire commander, only to be stopped because of Koinzell's unit arriving.

* OneManArmy: Koinzell, it's even [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]] by Elsarea.
* OneWingedAngel: Many of the villains had a contract with demons (really Wischtech techno-sorcery), essentially giving them the power to change their body in a gruesome fashion. Even Koinzell can unleash this, although he can only activate his power fully under the moonlight, or by getting [[BerserkButton extremely]] [[ThisIsUnforgivable pissed off.]]

* PutOnABus: Quite a few characters are put on a bus, usually they either have something to do (e.g. [[spoiler:Vid, Atlea, Rangsatt, and Bryant]]) or are apparently dead or fade out of the story ([[spoiler:e.g. Geranpen, Zepy, the King of the Forest, the Besieger clan, and Kevira]]). With the exception of [[spoiler:Geranpen]], during [[spoiler:the war against Glen [[TheBusCameBack they all return]] in some capacity, even ''Zepy'', although on the other side]].

** While not royals, the series has a few noble families, such as the Rahnclave family, who strongly believe in being personally involved in their work.

** Oddly subverted in the case of the three {{Mooks}}, who each served under Schtemwölech and Barestar, who somehow manage to repeatedly live just when they finally appear to have been killed off, and at the point where it appears that [[spoiler:they will do so until the end of the series, they are KilledOffForReal]].
* RealityEnsues: What happens when the emperor gathers together the traditional fellowship of fourteen heroes and sends them on a mission to help defeat TheEmpire? [[spoiler: Only half of them are up to it, and it all ends up horribly when the traitors murder what's left of the real heroes and take all the credit for saving the country.]]

* RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething: When the war with his son gets too out of hand, the Emperor personally picks up a sword and goes to war.

* UnresolvedSexualTension: Between Köinzell and Ato. Also, there are some hints of this between [[spoiler:Ifkes and Kevira]]. Elsarea's feelings of admiration for Köinzell can also be interpreted this way.

** [[spoiler: It gets worst for the civilians and military, as a mysteriously alive and younger Glenn or someone claiming to be him, has come back controlling Dragon Chief Ischüdien and his forces along with a new super weapon and has ignited a Civil War with his forces and Lebelont. ]]
* GentleGiant: Geranpen. Don't [[BerserkButton call him "octopus",]] though.
* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: when Koinzell gives Ato his blood he does it by cutting his tongue and licking all her wounds in a *ahem* ''suggestive'' way, with the art style changing to match.
* GoodScarsEvilScars

A manga created by Etorouji Shiono, running since 2005, though it was put on SeriesHiatus until recently, with new chapters now released monthly.

* ActionGirl: Princess Ato, Altea, Elsarea Rahnclave, Gustaf, Supaz, and Kevira.

* TheRival: Ikfess. He even gets to use Köinzell's original sword.
* TokenGirl: [[TomboyishName Gustaf]], among the 4 Lances of Betrayal.

* TookALevelInBadass: Princess Ato after being accepted by Köinzell, and [[spoiler:in turn after accepting his blood, turning her part fairy]].
* UnresolvedSexualTension: Between Köinzell and Ato. Also, Elsarea feels something for him strong enough to make her act {{Tsundere}}.
* VillainousBreakdown: Barestar when he recognizes Köinzell as Ascherit (this, or he's simply hallucinating) and remembers that he once simply wanted to help his father as a merchant. Köinzell taking him down almost looks like a MercyKill as a result.

* WhiteSheep: Bryant is Lebelont's son, but casts away his ambitions and sides with Ascheritt against his siblings because he recognizes that they're power-mad and hurting the country while his father fully deserved his end at Ascherit's hand. [[RealityEnsues He still has a bit of a grudge against Ascheritt for his hand is killing so much of his family, though.]]

* WorthyOpponent: All Ikfes wants is to fight Köinzell at his strongest.

* AlasPoorVillain: In his madness, Barestar [[spoiler:recognizes Köinzell as Ascheritt, then begs him for help and cries about how he only ever wanted to be a merchant like his father]]. Even Köinzell found it pitiable.

* ArtifactAlias: It's revealed very early that Köinzell is Ascherit, one of the "Lances of Betrayal" who were killed by the [[FakeUltimateHero "Seven Heroes"]] and is seeking revenge on them. Yet everyone who knows that continues to call him Köinzell even when there is no real reason to hide it.

* EnemyMine: With [[spoiler:Lebelont on the verge of starting a new Wischtech war, Elserea's knights, Rozen and the Order of the Seven Lances, Dragon Chief Ischüdien and Koinzell all want to stop Lebelont before things get worse. They really don't join forces though, as Ischüdien winds up showing up with a revived Glenn shifting the entire nation.]]

** This is [[UpToEleven an even worse piece of information]] for [[spoiler:Ikfes, who realizes that he had been serving men who killed his father, blackened his house, forced he and his mother into exile, and brought conflict to his homeland]].

* DirtyOldMan: Corrupt individuals in power tend to do this. The emperor appears to be this at one point, however, this turns out to not be the case.

* DudeLooksLikeALady: Koinzell could pass for a girl with his scar covered and wearing girl clothes. Used effectively to disguise himself in cities. He didn't like this at first, though.

Twenty years have passed since the war, but there is trouble in the Imperial Frontiers. A mysterious boy named Koinzell appears on the outskirts of the Empire, cutting a bloody swath through the chaos. His one goal: to kill the Seven Heroes no matter the cost. At the same time, there comes word of a prophecy, proclaiming that a hero will come from the frontier to stop a mysterious, deadly catastrophe.

* ActionGirl: Princess Ato, Altea, Elsarea Rahnclave, Gustaf.
* AlasPoorVillain: In his madness Barestar [[spoiler:recognizes Koinzell as Ascheritt, then begs him for help and cries about how he only ever wanted to be a merchant like his father]]. Even Koinzell found it pitiable.
* AmazonianBeauty: [[spoiler:Lebelont's daughter Supaz]] goes from BrawnHilda to this after [[spoiler:Glenn]] grants her new powers.
** Gustav from what we see of her was very easy on the eyes, and a certified Badass.

* AntiHero: Koinzell, although he still has his high standards about honorable soldiers and knights, though. He would kill any of the [[spoiler:Seven Heroes]] and their supporters in a heartbeat, despite acknowledging that their deaths would only invite chaos. Still the number of generally heroic deeds he carries out outweighs his more "villainous" traits--he is not above [[PetTheDog helping random commoners out]] and even intends to become TheAtoner for all his actions once he's through with his vengeance.
** On top of that, given the shenanigans many of the Seven Heroes have gotten up to since the days of the war, Koinzell's efforts seem to be providing a greater service than he'd originally intended.
* ArtifactAlias:
** It's revealed very early that Koinzell is Ascheriit, one of the "Lances of Betrayal" who were killed by the [[FakeUltimateHero "Seven Heroes"]] and is seeking revenge on them. Yet everyone who knows that continues to call him Koinzell even when there is no real reason to hide it.
** Peepi may be a variation: Koinzell made up that embarrassing name on the spot to pass as his brother and she is interrupted every time she is about to say her real name. So after a while she just goes with it.

* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: Several examples
** The Emperor himself shows [[BadassGrandpa that he's no slouch even in his old age]].
* AwesomenessByAnalysis: Koinzell (with both martial and ''mundane'' skills, such as [[spoiler:blacksmithing]]).

* BadassBack: Koinzel

* BackToBackBadasses: Koinzell and Princess Ato.
* BadassCrew: The Lances of Betrayal and The Precious Departed. The former four accomplished a SuicideMission that fourteen were meant to, (and even ''then'' it would have still been a longshot) the latter three sacrificed themselves to ensure the Lances even got that far. The Seven Heroes were an aversion, especially at the time.

* BattleTrophy: [[spoiler:Supaz think of the imperial female commander she defeated and nearly raped as this.]]
* BerserkButton: Koinzell has two: someone mentioning the "Seven Heroes" and [[spoiler:seeing innocents suffer needlessly.]]
** Don't ever call Geranpen "Octopus". [[UnstoppableRage Seriously,]] [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone don't.]]

* BigDamnHeroes: Koinzell, too many times to count.

* BloodFromTheMouth: Nearly any time someone gets nailed in the stomach/chest this occurs, even to Koinzell himself. Though he never dies, of course. It's put to good use [[http://www.1000manga.com/Ubel_Blatt/3/29/ here,]] though it's not exactly...what kills the very unlucky guy.

* ChronicHeroSyndrome: Koinzell, even though he states that [[spoiler:he doesn't care about casualties as long as he can get his hands on Seven Heroes,]] can't just leave anyone innocent suffering.

* DealWithTheDevil: It's obvious that the Seven Heroes, especially Glenn, are getting aid from the Wischtech in gaining LovecraftianSuperpower. [[spoiler:In a twist, it turns out their benefactors were stranded Wischtech troops who helped them in exchange for being protected from persecution. The troops eventually regret this deal when they realized Glenn wants to conquer and possibly destroy their country and it's implied that most of them were killed by Glenn when they outlived their usefulness.]]

* DirtyOldMan: '''The Emperor''', of all people!

* PunchClockVillain: Geranpen, who kidnaps Ato's sister, [[WellIntentionedExtremist believing that to do so will ensure the safety of his kingdom]]. When he found about [[VillainOverride what happened]] [[FateWorseThanDeath to the girls he kidnapped]] though, [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone he freaked out]], and [[HeelFaceTurn promptly helps Koinzell]] to stop his brother and his commander, one of Seven Heroes, Schtemwolech, and chose to die with his sworn brother, Pago which he personally helped to kill. [[spoiler:He got better, though.]]

* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: Koinzell's is the whole point of the story. Ato finally grows out of hers, when realizing that Koinzell just did her [[FateWorseThanDeath brother]] [[MercyKill a favor]].

* TheRival: Ikfess. He even gets to use Koinzell's original sword.

* TookALevelInBadass: Princess Ato after being accepted by Koinzell, and [[spoiler:in turn after accepting his blood, turning her part fairy]].
* UnresolvedSexualTension: Between Koinzell and Ato. Also, Elsarea feels something for him strong enough to make her act {{Tsundere}}.

* WorthyOpponent: All Ikfes wants is to fight Koinzell at his strongest.

** Oddly subverted in the case of the three {{Mooks}} who each served under Schtemwölech and Barestar, manage to repeatedly live just when they finally appear to have been killed off, and at the point where it appears that [[spoiler:they will do so until the end of the series, they are KilledOffForReal]].

* PutOnABus: Quite a few characters are put on a bus, usually they either have something to do (e.g. [[spoiler:Vid, Atlea, and Jeil]]) or are apparently dead ([[spoiler:e.g. Geranpen and Kevira]]). Later, with the exception of [[spoiler:Geranpen]],[[spoiler: during the war against Glen [[TheBusCameBack they all return]] in some capacity, even ''Zepy'' although on the other side]].

* PutOnABus: Quite a few characters are put on a bus, usually they either have something to do (e.g. [[spoiler:Vid, Atlea, and Jeil]]) or are apparently dead ([[spoiler:e.g. Geranpen and Kevira]]). Later, with the exception of [[spoiler:Geranpen]],[[spoiler: during the war against Glen [[TheBusCameBack they all return in some capacity, even ''Zepy'' although on the other side]].

** Gustav from what we see of her was very easy on the eyes, and a certified {{Badass}}.

* BattleTrophy: [[spoiler:Supaz think of the imperial female commander she defeated as this]]